In 2001, when the graph begins, there was overlap: The most conservative Democrat was more conservative than the most liberal Republican. That’s no longer the case. Advertisement.

It turns out that the American political center is occupied by a purple-colored straw man, according to a well-designed and numbers-heavy report from Esquire magazine and NBC News.

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Centrist wins over hard-right nationalist in Romania's presidential race With nearly all ballots counted, Romanian voters have elected Bucharest's mayor, a centrist and pro-European Union ...